Chapter XIII: The Quest For The Other Two Dimensions
HJ: Ramses?
Tom: And Ramses' mom?
Ramses: I'm so glad you remember us, Cork Men.
Ramses' Mom: Yes, it's time my son and I help with you something.
HJ: What is it?
Ramses: When my mom and I were down to earth in that city down there, we heard your sworn enemies saying that they've failed their overworld tour and that their new plan is to disable all End Portals, Nether Portals, and communication, in which that includes cell phones of any type, all over the world. And they're put the power source at the history museum here in Steamhoma City and they're going to put the power source on the roof of the history museum. Not to worry, we were far away from them and they didn't hear us.
Tom: How did you and your mom get back here, Ramses?
Ramses: Tom, my mom and I got back here while riding a passenger airship to here.
Ramses' Mom: And getting into my seat on that airship was not easy for me since I'm disabled and I'm in a wheelchair. And I'm also old.
Tom: Oh, I see.
Ramses: Might I suggest you guys that you go to The End first. Plus the Steamferno Clan's new evil plan is gonna start in five hours from now.
HJ: But how? We don't have any eyes of ender.
Ramses: But I have tons of eyes of ender. I can get you all two stacks of eyes of ender.
Tom: That's 128 eyes of ender!
Ramses: Your math is perfect, Tom. *to the entire gang* Now, listen. None of you don't owe me anything since I'm giving you two stacks of eyes of ender. You don't owe me any money. But you will owe me money when any of you go to my shop here in Steamhoma City for anything that you want to buy there, understand?
HJ (to Ramses): (gulps) Understood, Ramses.
Ramses: Here you go! 128 eyes of ender. *drops both stack of eyes of ender*
HJ: *picks up the eyes of ender*
(items plop as they get picked up)
HJ: Thanks, Ramses.
Ramses: You're welcome. One more thing. After going to The End, go to the Nether next and collect as many materials as you can before all the Nether portals and End portals close. As soon you get out of the Nether, fight Steam Dark Hugh Jacob and stop the Steamferno Clan from disabling all End portals and Nether portals and all types communication, including cell phones. Plus, my mom and I went to Brazil in São Paulo and stayed there for a vacation near a village.
HJ: Okay, Ramses, thanks.
Ramses: Now my mom and I gotta return to my store so I can run it. *walks away*
*Ramses' mom turns her wheelchair around pulls on the big wheels and moves away to catch up with her son*
HJ: Wow. Pretty interesting that Ramses knew what was gonna happen next.
Josh: According to my calculations, HJ, there are tons of End dimensions around the overworld.
HJ: So let's find the nearest stronghold whether it's down there in Oklahoma City downtown or not. So let's go and see where the eyes ender take us! *throws an eye of ender*
(eye of whooshes as it gets thrown)
HJ: Looks like that eye of ender wants to head to the State Capitol Building.
Jamie (to HJ): HJ, are you nuts? There's no way that those eyes of ender could lead us to the Oklahoma State Capitol Building.
HJ (to Jamie): We'll find out about that, Jamie. *picks up the eye of ender that he threw* And this eye of ender is giving us a hint to where the nearest stronghold is. It says, "The stronghold you're going to is somewhere on the backside of the State Capitol Building." And like I said, Jamie, we'll see about that.
Jamie (to HJ): Ugh! Fine!
HJ: *throws the same eye of ender a few more times until it breaks*
Josh: Make that 127 eyes of ender left.
HJ: Not helping, Josh, but thanks.
Narrator/EPF: As Hugh Jacob leads the gang to the nearest stronghold, they stop near an edge and Hugh Jacob makes sure no one falls off of Steamhoma City.
HJ: Guys, be careful. We have to make sure no one, and I mean, no one falls off Steamhoma City. For example, the eye of ender I just threw just now floated just a few blocks of the edge. And I have to get before it despawns or someone else picks it up.
Josh: How are we gonna get down?
HJ: Josh, look. They are zip lines. Oh my god, we're in front of a zip line pole! Josh, Jamie, Tom, Ryan, Zoe and I have zip line pulleys. I'm pretty sure we can clone them for all twelve of you kids.
All twelve kids: (agreeing with HJ)
*HJ clones the zip line pulleys 12 times for the rookies*
Drew: Okay, HJ. All eighteen of us have zip line pulleys. Now what?
HJ: I go first. Hang on tight, everyone! *puts his pulley on the start of the zip line*
(zip line zips)
HJ: Woo-hoo! (whooping) This is awesome!
*Josh, Jamie, Tom, Ryan, and Zoe go next*
(all whooping)
Drew: Okay, it's my turn. *puts his pulley at the start of the zip line* (screams in fear as he goes down the zip line)
Duke: Just enjoy it, Drew!
Drew: I can't enjoy it! I have a fear of heights!
(Duke sighs)
*the other eleven kids follow as they go down the zip line*
HJ (to EPF): EPF, how long does it take to get down zip line?
Narrator/EPF: According to my calculations, about two minutes.
HJ: Okay!
Narrator/EPF: Two minutes of everyone in the gang zip lining later...
HJ: Phew. That was awesome you guys! We all made it down!
Drew (to HJ): Awesome? Awesome, you say? I almost got myself killed!
HJ: It wasn't that bad, Drew.
Duke: Oi. I'm with HJ on this one, Drew.
HJ: Thanks, Duke.
Duke: You're welcome.
HJ: We have to keep going! We have four and a half hours left until all End portals and Nether portals are disabled along with communication. *looks at the eye of ender he threw earlier* There's the eye of ender that I threw earlier! It landed three blocks away from the bottom part of the zip line we were on. *picks it up*
(item plops)
*HJ throws the eye of ender he threw earlier again and it breaks*
(eye of ender whooshes as it gets thrown)
Narrator/EPF: As the gang travels to the stronghold of their choice, they get down to 64 eyes of ender very fast. But they're close to the backside of the State Capitol Building.
HJ: This is it, you guys. The backside of the State Capitol Building. Let's throw ender pearls to other side of this fence.
Everyone else in unison: Okay!
*everyone throws ender pearls*
(ender pearls whoosh)
HJ: Until they land, guys.
*the ender pearls land*
*everyone in the gang teleports to where they threw their ender pearls*
(everyone in the gang takes damage from throwing their ender pearls)
All 18 in unison: Ow!
HJ: We're almost there, you guys.
Jamie: HJ, I was wrong before.
HJ (to Jamie): I told you!
Josh: We're getting closer to that stronghold every second!
HJ: Just a few more steps, you guys. *throws the next three eyes of ender as the gang walks and follows him and all three break*
Josh: Why are we stopping?
HJ: Because something tells me that the stronghold is underneath this spot. We have 61 eyes of ender left. *throws the eye of ender*
(eye of ender whooshes)
*the eye of ender throws downward into the ground and comes back up*
HJ: How odd. The eye of ender threw downward and came back up. I think this means we're here! Start digging everyone!
*everyone grabs their shovels*
*everyone then starts digging*
(sounds of grass blocks and dirt blocks breaking and being picked up)
HJ: EPF, is there any lava deep underneath that we should worry about?
Narrator/EPF: There's no lava deep underneath right you're digging. So, you're safe to dig straight down.
HJ: Okay, EPF.
Drew: Yes! There's no lava underneath this spot! We're gonna make it to the stronghold!
Narrator/EPF: Several minutes of digging later...
HJ: I think we should break one more block and then we will reach the stronghold.
Josh: It's a two block drop beneath us.
*everyone breaks their blocks underneath them*
(block breaking)
*everyone drops in*
HJ: Wow, I'm surprised this stronghold is lit up. Now, everyone. Let's go to the End Portal Room. And also, we have to watch out for hostile mobs. Those hostile mobs are zombies and skeletons. Let's go!
*everyone else follows HJ*
Narrator/EPF: After a few minutes of finding the portal room, they hear silverfish hissing.
(silverfish hiss)
HJ: Defeat as many as you can, guys! I'll break the spawner! *runs to the spawner*
*HJ breaks the spawner with his diamond pickaxe*
(block breaks)
(sound of experience orbs)
*the gang defeats as many silverfish from the spawner*
(many silverfish dying)
Josh: I think that's all of them.
*the rest of the gang enters the portal room*
HJ: This end portal has no eyes of ender on any of its frame blocks. We still have 61 eyes of ender left. After that, we'll have 49 left.
Josh: Do it already, HJ!
HJ: Okay. Just gotta be careful not to place them incorrectly because once they're placed, they can't be removed.
*HJ places the eyes of ender the correct way on all 12 end portal frame blocks*
(end portal activates)
HJ: There. *jumps off the left side of the end portal* I think the end portal is ready. I'll enter it first. *runs up the stairs to the end portal and does a swan dive into it*
Josh: I'll do it in a gradual way. *walks up to the portal and enters it gradually*
Jamie: *runs to the portal and jumps into it by doing a pike*
Tom: Cannonball! *runs to the end portal and does a cannonball*
Ryan and Zoe in unison: Well, here goes nothing. *they both run to the end portal and jump into into it*
All twelve kids in unison: Cannonball!
*all twelve kids run to the end portal and jump into it by doing cannonballs*
Narrator/EPF: Meanwhile in The End...
("The End" by C418 plays)
HJ: *counts everyone in the gang* One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen. Yep, that's all eighteen of us.
George: Wow, this dimension is awesome! Minus the parts that we'll take damage from the Ender Dragon itself.
(Ender Dragon roars in distance)
Tess: Oh no! Are we underground?
HJ: No, Tess. Beneath our feet are obsidian blocks. We're not, like, underground underground. We're on the starting platform and we gotta mine a block staircase in front. Hopefully that will lead to the dragon. We all gotta be careful not to fall into the void. Now, come on, everyone! *breaks a block staircase in front of him*
(end stone blocks breaking and HJ picks them up)
(items plop)
HJ: Okay, everyone. We made it above ground.
(all cheering quietly)
HJ: Remember, everyone. Don't make any eye contact with any endermen. And we have to destroy all 10 of those crystals over there because the Ender Dragon can use those crystals to heal itself. We gotta make sure the dragon doesn't heal itself after we destroy all of those end crystals.
Everyone else in unison: Okay, HJ!
*the gang runs to the center of the Ender Dragon's arena*
HJ: Guys, two of the ender crystals are protected by iron bars while the other eight are not. *gets his bow out of his inventory* I'll get the one that I'm standing in front of. *draws his bow* Just gotta aim for the crystal. *aims for the crystal perfectly* Yes, I have perfect aim! *fires his bow*
(arrow whooshes)
*the arrow HJ fired from his bow hits the end crystal*
(end crystal explodes)
HJ: Direct hit! One down, nine to go.
Tom: I got this one! *gets a TNT block out from his inventory* I'm gonna throw it at this end crystal right here. *ignites the TNT block with his firebending*
(TNT slowly hisses)
Tom: Just gotta aim for that end crystal.
Josh (to Tom): Tom, hurry! If you don't throw that TNT block soon, it'll explode and you'll take damage from it.
Tom (to Josh): I'm hurrying, Josh! *aims perfectly for the end crystal* Got it! *throws TNT block*
(TNT block hissing continues)
*the TNT block Tom threw is close to the end crystal and hits it*
(TNT block explodes)
(end crystal explodes)
Tom: Direct hit!
HJ: Two down, eight to go.
Riga: I got this one! *fires her bow*
(arrow whooshes)
*arrow hits end crystal*
(end crystal explodes)
Riga: Yes! That was awesome!
HJ: Three down, seven to go. *runs to another obsidian pillar* I'm gonna use my laser diamond sword this time. *draws his laser diamond sword and turns it on* Just gotta for that end crystal. *aims for the end crystal perfectly* Perfect aim! *presses a button on the hilt of his sword*
(button clicks)
(sound of ray gun firing)
*the laser that HJ fired hits the end crystal*
(end crystal explodes)
HJ: Another direct hit! Four down, six to go. *to everyone else in the gang* Guys! We're halfway through the end crystals that we've destroyed that aren't in iron bars!
Everyone else in unison: Okay!
Drew: Okay. Y-you can do this, Drew. Just aim at that end crystal and it'll be destroyed. *draws his bow and aims for the end crystal* And also, don't look at any endermen in the eye, just like HJ said. And fire! *fires his bow*
(arrow whooshes)
*the arrow that Drew fired hits the end crystal*
(end crystal explodes)
Drew: I did it! I destroyed the end crystal!
HJ: Five down, five to go. *to everyone else* We're halfway through destroying all of the end crystals!
Everyone else in unison: Okay!
(Ender Dragon roars as breathes its ender acid breath)
HJ: Everyone, look out!
(everyone screams in shock)
*everyone in the gang dodges the ender acid breath*
Zoe (to HJ): Just three more end crystals that aren't in iron bars, correct, HJ?
HJ (to Zoe): Correct, Zoe.
Zoe (to HJ): Okay! *to herself* Just destroy this end crystal at this other very tall obsidian pillar and it's "over." *uses her airbending powers to levitate herself to same height as the end crystal* Just gotta destroy it with my airbending. *uses an air slash to destroy the end crystal from a safe distance*
(air whooshes)
(end crystal explodes)
Zoe: I did it! *comes down to the ground with her airbending*
HJ: Six down, four to go. We're gonna be victorious, you guys!
Duke: I got this one, you guys. *draws his bow then fires it*
(arrow whooshes)
*the arrow that Duke fired hits the end crystal*
(end crystal explodes)
Duke: Oi. That was awesome!
HJ: Good one, Duke! *to himself* Seven down, three to go.
Jack: I'll get this last one that's not in iron bars. *flies up to the end crystal with his propeller head* *to himself* At least I think I'm at a safe distance from the end crystal. *gets his bow out from his inventory* Okay, got my bow. *draws his bow* Aim for the end crystal and...fire! *fires his bow*
(arrow whooshes)
*the arrow that Jack fired hits the end crystal*
(end crystal explodes)
*Jack flies back down to the ground with his propeller head*
Jack: That was slimming!
HJ: Eight down, two to go. *to everyone else* Gang, all we have left are the end crystals that are in iron bars. *to Tom* Tom, I want you to destroy the end crystals that are in iron bars.
Tom: Why me, HJ?
HJ: Because you have tons of TNT blocks that could destroy those.
Tom: Alright, fine! *gets another TNT block and ignites it with his firebending*
(TNT hissing)
*throws the TNT block at the obsidian pillar with iron bars on his right*
(TNT block explodes)
(iron bars break)
(end crystal explodes)
HJ: Nine down, one to go. *to Tom* Just one more, Tom! And then the Ender Dragon will no longer heal itself.
Tom: Alright, HJ. *gets another TNT block and ignites it with his firebending*
(TNT hissing)
*throws the TNT block at obsidian pillar with iron bars on his right*
(TNT block explodes)
(iron bars break)
(end crystal explodes)
HJ: There. That's all of them. Now the fight starts for real! We gotta wait for the dragon to perch.
*Ender Dragon perches*
HJ: And now's our chance guys.
(everyone runs to the dragon while it is perching)
*everyone attacks the dragon*
(sounds of the Ender Dragon taking damage)
(Ender Dragon grunts as it takes damage)
HJ: We hit the dragon 18 times. And now it has 182 health points left.
Josh: That's 91 hearts.
*Ender Dragon flies away*
Josh: There it goes. It's not perching anymore. We have to wait until it perches again, HJ.
HJ: I got it covered. I'll use my laser diamond sword's ray gun ability to fire at it while it's in the air.
Josh: Okay.
HJ: (battle cry) *shoots the his laser diamond sword's ray gun ability at the Ender Dragon*
(many ray gun shots firing)
(Ender Dragon takes damage sixteen times)
HJ: Okay, it's about to perch again. And it has 166 health points left.
Josh: That's 83 hearts.
*Ender Dragon perches*
HJ: Now, guys. Give it all you got!
*everyone attacks the Ender Dragon*
(enderman goes "voop voop" in distance)
(Ender Dragon takes damage)
(Ender Dragon grunts as it takes damage)
HJ: It's flying away again. We hit the Dragon 36 times. Now it has 130 health points left.
Josh: That's 65 hearts!
(Ender Dragon roars)
HJ: Here it comes! It's about to perch!
*Ender Dragon perches*
*everyone in the gang attacks the dragon*
HJ: Guys, we hit the Ender Dragon 54 times! Impressive! It has 76 health points left!
Josh: That's 38 hearts!
HJ: Keep attacking it!
*everyone in the gang continues to attack the dragon*
(Ender Dragon takes damage)
(Ender Dragon grunts as it takes damage)
HJ: We hit it 18 times! Now it has 58 health points left.
Josh: That's 29 hearts!
*everyone in the gang continues to attack the Ender Dragon*
(Ender Dragon takes damage)
(Ender Dragon grunts as it takes damage)
HJ: We hit the Ender Dragon 28 times, you guys! Now it has 30 health points left.
Josh: That's 15 hearts!
HJ: Better leave these 12 hits to me.
*attacks the Ender Dragon 12 times*
(Ender Dragon takes damage)
(Ender Dragon grunts as it takes damage)
HJ: Now the dragon has 18 health points left.
*Ender Dragon flies away*
Josh: It's flying away, HJ! What are we gonna do?
HJ: We're going to do a final strike attack together. All eighteen of us. We will all do it when it perches yet again.
Josh: Okay.
*Ender Dragon perches again*
HJ: Guys, now's our chance!
All eighteen in unison: Cork Men and 12 Rookies of Children Attack, Final Strike!
HJ: Let's do this 18 times.
Riga: One! *damages the ender dragon*
Jack: Two! *damages the ender dragon*
Kate: Three! *damages the ender dragon*
Tess: Four! *damages the ender dragon*
Zack: Five! *damages the ender dragon*
Will: Six! *damages the ender dragon*
George: Seven! *damages the ender dragon*
Nick: Eight! *damages the ender dragon*
Duke: Nine! *damages the ender dragon*
Rick: Ten! *damages the ender dragon*
Luis: Eleven! *damages the ender dragon*
Drew: Twelve! *damages the ender dragon*
Zoe: Thirteen! *damages the ender dragon*
Ryan: Fourteen! *damages the ender dragon*
Tom: Fifteen! *damages the ender dragon*
Jamie: Sixteen! *damages the ender dragon*
Josh: Seventeen! *damages the ender dragon*
HJ: Here it comes. The best part is saved for last. (yells a war cry) Rah! Finishing blow and final strike! GO! And eighteen! *damages the ender dragon*
*HJ jumps back to gang so he doesn't get caught in the Ender Dragon's defeat explosion*
(Ender Dragon dying)
(everyone in the gang cheering)
HJ: Goodbye, Ender Dragon!
*the Ender Dragon drops its tons of experience orbs*
*everyone in the gang picks up as many experience orbs as they can*
(experience orbs being collected)
HJ: Before we go back, gang. I'm gonna get the egg.
Everyone else: Okay, fine.
*HJ walks on the edge of the End Portal back home and sneaks and puts the egg in his reticle*
Josh: HJ, be careful not to break the dragon egg! If it breaks, then that's it.
HJ (to Josh): I am being careful, Josh. *interacts with the egg and it teleports* *to everyone in the gang* Anyone seen where it went?
Tess: It's right beneath you, HJ.
HJ: Okay! *stops sneaking and walks back to the two block tower he made and jumps down from it and sees the dragon egg*
George: Wow, HJ, this is awesome. But a question remains. Do you have a torch or something? The only way for that egg to turn into an item that you can pick up is if you have a torch or something.
HJ (to George): Yes, I do have a torch, George. *walks up to dragon egg and gets behind it from the south side of it*
*HJ breaks down two blocks beneath him*
(end stones breaking)
*HJ then breaks the block beneath the block that the egg is on*
(end stone block breaks)
*HJ then places a torch beneath the block that the dragon egg is on*
(torch being placed)
*HJ then breaks the beneath the dragon egg*
(end stone block breaks)
*dragon egg falls on the torch HJ placed and turns into an item*
*HJ picks up the egg*
(item plops)
HJ: I got the egg!
(everyone else cheering)
*HJ breaks a block behind him so he can get out of the hole he made to get the dragon egg*
*HJ puts his diamond pickaxe in his inventory then switches to his laser diamond sword and turns it off and puts it up*
HJ: Now let's get back home! And then, go to the Nether!
*HJ places an end stone block in front of the two block tower he made that connects to the end portal back to our overworld*
(block being placed)
*HJ goes the block stairs and enters the portal*
*everyone else in the gang follows him*
*the screen shows the End Poem/credits of Minecraft*
*when the End Poem/Credits of Minecraft start showing, it shows the "Minecraft Steampunks" logo instead of the word "Minecraft" itself*
("Alpha" by C418 plays)
*everyone in the gang reads the credits*
Everyone in the gang unison: I see the player you mean. Hugh Jacob?/Josh?/Jamie?/Tom?/Ryan?/Zoe?/Drew?/Duke?/George?/Nick?/Rick?/Luis?/Tess?/Kate?/Zack?/Will?/Riga?/Jack? Yes. Take care. It has reached a higher level now. It can read our thoughts. That doesn't matter. It thinks we are part of the game.
*everyone in the gang reads rest of the credits*
Narrator/EPF: After several minutes of reading the credits later...
*everyone in the gang spawns back to the center of Steamhoma City*
HJ: Wow. Those credits were long. At least we're back in our overworld at last.
Josh: Yes. We are back at last!
HJ (to Josh): How long were we in The End, Josh?
Josh: About, like, two hours.
HJ: Ugh! Now we have three hours left?
Josh: Yes. And counting. Until the Steamferno Clan disables all end portal, nether portals, and all types of communication around the overworld, including cell phones.
HJ: EPF, teleport us back to our real home in our backyard.
EPF: You got it, Hugh Jacob!
(teleporting noises)
*the gang reaches the Cork Men's real backyard*
(teleporting noises)
Drew: *looks at the Cork Men's 50-story building house* Oh, ma gosh, HJ! Your house is a skyscraper?!
HJ: Yes, Drew, it is. But that's not important right now. We're gonna build a nether portal and hopefully spend less than three hours, in which it is also 216,000 ticks. When we get to the Nether, we're gonna gather some materials that we need to stop the Steamferno Clan's evil plan and use those materials to enable all nether portals, all end portals, and all types of communication including cell phones again all over the entire overworld. I have 14 obsidian blocks with me right now. So we're gonna to the Nether once I'm finished building the portal and once it's lit.
*HJ builds a standard nether portal*
HJ: Finished building the portal. Now let me get my flint and steel-
Tom: HJ, can I light the nether portal with my firebending?
HJ: Tom, firebending won't light up a nether portal. It won't work. Now, where was I? Oh, yes. Now let me get my flint and steel out of my inventory. *gets his flint and steel out his inventory* Okay, let's light this baby up!
*walks to the nether portal*
(flint and steel ignites)
*Nether portal lights up*
HJ: There. Let's enter it. We're running out of time. We have be in there for less than 216,000 ticks. Once we go through portal, it'll take us four seconds to get to the nether.
*everyone in the gang enter portal*
(entering Nether Portal noises)
*the gang reaches the Nether*
*the gang step away from the portal while in the Nether*
("Concrete Halls" by C418 playing)
HJ: Okay, everyone. We're in the Nether. *looks down a netherrack hill* Hey, isn't that a lava version of the pond down the hill just like back at home?
Josh: Yes, HJ, it is.
*HJ turns around faces west*
HJ: Oh my god! A nether version of our 50-story house? And it's also a nether fortress?!
Narrator/EPF: Allow me to explain, gang. You see, the nether version of our overworld is called, "Our Netherworld." All bodies of water and other stuff are lava. For example there are five lava oceans. Pacific Lava Ocean, Atlantic Lava Ocean, Indian Lava Ocean, Arctic Lava Ocean, and Southern Lava Ocean. Every peninsula starts with the four letter "h" word. For example, H-word Ungava Peninsula, H-Word Yucatan Peninsula, and so much more. All the lakes are lava lakes here. For example, the five Great Lava Lakes. Lava Lake Superior, Lava Lake Huron, Lava Lake Michigan, Lava Lake Erie, Lava Lake Ontario, and the other lava lakes of Our Netherworld. For example, all of the rivers are lava rivers. Mississippi Lava River, Snake Lava River, Euphrates Lava River, Tigris Lava River, St. Lavarence River, and so much more. All the gulfs here are called lava gulfs. For example, Lava Gulf of Mexico, Lava Gulf of Alaska, Lava Gulf of St. Lavarence, and so much more. All the mountain ranges here are called volcano ranges. For example, Rocky Volcanoes, Appalachian Volcanoes, Andes Volcanoes, Ural Volcanoes, and so much more. Different places here are nether fortresses, and even famous landmark buildings. For example, what you all just saw is Nether version of The Cork Men's 50-story house, which is obviously a nether fortress. Famous landmark buildings are nether fortresses, too. For example, the nether version of The Statue of Liberty on Ellis Island in the Nether version of New York City is a nether fortress. And also, the nether version of the Empire State Building in the nether version of New York City is a nether fortress, too. And so much more landmarks are nether fortresses, too. For example, in the nether version of your home town, the nether version of Devon Tower is a nether fortress. And there's so much more stuff to tell. But I am gonna end my explanation now.
Jamie: You through, EPF?
EPF: Yes, Jamie.
HJ: Thanks for the info, EPF.
Drew (to EPF): EPF, are you okay? It feels like you told too much information. Oh, ma gosh.
EPF (to Drew): I did not tell too much information. It's more of an explanation. And also, holographic penguins don't die.
Drew: Okay, EPF. Thanks.
(ghast shoots fireball)
HJ: Look out!
*everyone dodges the fireball*
Josh: At least the portal's not put out.
HJ: I got this one! *draws his laser diamond sword and turns it on*
(ghast shoots fireball again)
*HJ hits ghast's fireball back at it with his laser diamond sword*
*the fireball hits the ghast*
(ghast dies)
HJ: Phew, that was close. *to the rest of the gang* Okay, guys. Now let's go inside that nether fortress and search for some materials, we better make it out of here by five o'clock real world time in US Central Daylight Time. Understand?
Everyone else: Understood.
HJ: Now, follow me!
*the gang follows HJ*
*the gang enters the 50-story nether fortress*
HJ: Wither skeletons and regular skeletons are coming this way! Don't get the wither effect from wither skeletons!
*wither skeletons and skeletons march toward the gang*
*The Cork Men defeat the wither skeletons and regular skeletons*
HJ: Okay, the coast is clear. Now let's get the materials that we need.
*the gang follows HJ*
Narrator/EPF: After 210,000 ticks passed which is also 2 hours and 55 minutes, the gang got all the of the materials needed to stop the Steamferno Clan from their new plan and reached the 50th floor of the 50-story nether fortress. And the gang were down to 6,000 ticks, in which it is also five minutes. They found all of the materials that they were looking for.
HJ: Guys, we did it. We have what we were looking for. Now, let's head to the first floor of this building based on our house in which Zoe, Ryan, Tom, Jamie, Josh, and I live in and head to the nether portal and we'll be on our way back home.
Everyone else: Okay!
*the entire gang heads down to the first floor*
Josh: Um, HJ? Might I remind you that it will take us 5,400 ticks, in which it's also four minutes and thirty seconds for us to get back down. It's almost 5:00 PM in the time zone that we live in in the real world.
HJ (to Josh): Then we have to hurry.
("Warmth" by C418 plays)
Narrator/EPF: 5,400 ticks later... That's like four and a half minutes.
*the gang looks at the nether portal closing slowly*
HJ: Oh, no! We're running out of time! If we don't make it, we'll all be stuck here forever!
Josh: We have 600 ticks remaining. That's 30 seconds.
Tess: Run!
*everyone in the gang runs to the portal*
(ghast screaming hurt sound effect)
(ghast shoots its fireball)
*sixteen people of the gang enters the portal and leave the Nether*
(nether portal noises)
(ghast fireball explodes)
*HJ and Drew get knocked get 80 blocks away from the portal*
Narrator/EPF: Meanwhile back in the overworld...
Josh: Whew! We made it! *realizes that HJ and Drew are missing* But where are HJ and Drew?
Tom: Uh, still in the Nether?
Josh: Oh, no. They're running out of time they have 500 ticks or 25 seconds to get back here or else they'll be in the Nether forever! It's almost five! It's 4:59 PM!
Narrator/EPF: Meanwhile in the Nether...
HJ: Drew! Come on! We're running out of time! If we don't make it, we'll be stuck here forever! Now, come on! *holds Drew under his left arm* *starts running to the portal*
Drew: Oh, ma gosh! HJ, what are you doing? Why are you carrying me?
HJ: No time to explain, Drew. We have 20 seconds left. That ghast's fireball blew us 80 blocks away from the portal!
*back in the overworld*
Josh: They have twenty seconds left!
*back in the nether*
HJ (to Drew): Drew, if we don't make it, you are truly a one-in-a-million friend that I met at that garbage dump village back in São Paulo, Brazil other than my best friend, Super.
Drew: Aw, thanks, HJ.
*nether portal closes faster*
HJ: Almost there! 20 blocks away!
Drew: Ah! I can't watch! *covers his eyes*
*nether portal closes and shrinks faster*
HJ: Ten seconds! Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one...
*they both enter the portal back to the overworld*
(Nether portal noises)
*a loading screen appears in HJ and Drew's visions that says, "Leaving the Nether..." with a 3x3 tile with the center-center tile missing and a light gray square starts at the top center and goes around the 3x3 tile until it returns to the top center*
*back in the overworld*
Josh: They have five ticks left to make out of there!
*HJ and Drew come out of the portal barely escaping the Nether doing tackle poses and land on the east side of the portal*
HJ: Phew, that was close! We made it, Drew! We barely made it out of the Nether alive!
Drew: Oh, ma gosh. We did it! We're both okay!
(everyone else in the gang cheering)
Josh: *walks up to HJ and Drew* HJ, Drew. You did it! You both barely out of the Nether! The both of you only had one tick to spare. That's also 0.05 seconds.
HJ and Drew: (cheering, whooping)
HJ: *looks at his clock from his inventory* It's five o'clock you guys.
Jamie: Guys, look! The Nether portal!
*everyone in the gang looks at the nether portal*
*the inside of the nether portal blows up, but not the portal frame*
*the gang looks away from the explosion*
HJ: Wow, the nether portals and the end portals are disabled! It's all the Steamferno Clan's fault!
Jamie: What are we gonna do now?
HJ: I'm gonna test this portal to see if it lights up. *lights up the nether portal with his flint and steel*
(fire crackles then hisses as it disappears)
HJ: The nether portal won't work! *to EPF* EPF, check footage of the stronghold we went to earlier in the portal room to see if the end portal is disabled.
EPF: You got it, Hugh Jacob. *shows a screen of the portal room of the stronghold that the gang went to earlier*
HJ: All twelve eyes of ender are placed there, but the inside of the portal isn't showing.
*EPF puts the screen away*
HJ: Then time to check to communication. *gets out his phone* EPF, call dad.
EPF: Calling dad.
(line ringing on HJ's phone)
(static on HJ's phone)
HJ: Yep, I was right. The Steamferno Clan disabled all Nether portals, all End portals, all types of communication including cell phones all over the overworld.
Josh: What are gonna do now?
HJ: We still have the materials needed for our next mission.
Josh: Okay.
HJ (to EPF): EPF, teleport us near the history museum in Steamhoma City! Make nobody in the Steamferno Clan spots us.
EPF: You got it, Hugh Jacob!
*everyone in the gang teleports*
(teleporting noises)
*the gang reaches a building across the street from the history museum in Steamhoma City and teleport to the back side of said building*
HJ: Well, we're here. Behind this building is the history museum and on its roof is an antenna that disables all portals for both the Nether and The End and all types of communication including cell phones. And Steam Dark Hugh Jacob is guarding the front of the history museum. And they'll do anything to make sure we don't get past them.
Jack: How do you know all that, HJ?
HJ: I have x-ray vision goggles on. *takes them off* So here's the plan. The rest will go into that museum and get to the roof and wait for me while I create a distraction and deal with my evil counterpart. Got that?
Everyone else in unison: Understood, HJ.
HJ: Now, let's go!